Mexican Volcanoes

February 5, 2012 Phil called in early this morning from Mexico City, where the gang was ready to leave the hotel and move on to Tlachichuca. A good crew, favorable weather – the stage is set. Becky Kjorvestad

December 9, 2011 We just heard from our Mexico climbers. “Another perfect day. Not a breath of wind on the summit” was their quote. They’re now in the town of Tlachichuca with our service provider and hosts, the Reyes family. IMG has worked with Sr. Reyes and his sons since my first trip there in […]

December 7, 2011 IMG Senior Guide, Greg Vernovage, just called in from La Joya in Mexico to report another 100% successful climb of Ixta. Greg’s working with a custom, private group of 3 of our past climbers and they put in a great performance today. A bit breezy to start but things only got […]

December 5, 2011 Greg checked in this morning from Mexico. He’s with a small, private group looking to climb both Ixta and Orizaba before Christmas. Group arrived late Saturday but with all luggage in hand. Private transportation took them out towards Ixta and Cortez Pass for an acclimatization hike. Night was spent in the town […]

November 13, 2011 Today’s fly day. Gang got into Mexico City about midday on Saturday and headed straight out for a bit of sightseeing and last minute shopping. Hard to get a ride home from the airport without a few gifts in hand. And, as always, everyone got together for dinner and a chance to […]

November 11, 2011 Two mountains and now two summits. IMG partner, Georg Dunn, called from the summit of Orizaba at 7 am. He had just finished shaking hands with all his team mates. One climber stayed in Tlachichuca to take care of a respiratory issue but all other members began the climb this morning and […]

November 10, 2011 After a successful summit on Ixta, the team “beat feet” off that mountain, jumped into the vehicles and headed straight to the colonial city of Puebla. It’s a big city at over 2 million but has a much smaller feel. We stay right off the zocalo, the town square. Hotel check […]

November 9, 2011 I always like starting a day with a call from one of our groups saying they just reached the summit of another peak somewhere in the world. My partner, George Dunn, call in at 8 am Pacific time to let me know that his entire team, minus one climber, stood on the […]

November 8, 2011 George called in this afternoon to report that they have reached High Camp on Ixta just below the Ayoloco Glacier. The team climbed strong today without issue. They’ll wake up nice and early tomorrow (~1:30am) to start for the summit. Visibility wasn’t great as the typical afternoon clouds had rolled in, but […]